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Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted, "We have no share1 in David,2 no part in Jesse's son!3 Every man to his tent, O Israel!"

References for 2 Samuel 20:1

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So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

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When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines4 he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but did not lie with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.

References for 2 Samuel 20:7

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While they were at the great rock in Gibeon,8 Amasa came to meet them. Joab9 was wearing his military tunic, and strapped over it at his waist was a belt with a dagger in its sheath. As he stepped forward, it dropped out of its sheath.